I purchased this pen on a whim as I wanted to try an older Sailor FP.
The title was vague. Here is the item number on the auction site: 400556467820
Pics from ad:
Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
I purchased this pen on a whim as I wanted to try an older Sailor FP.
The title was vague. Here is the item number on the auction site: 400556467820
Pics from ad:
Last edited by lisantica; December 25th, 2013 at 05:23 AM.
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
I'm not 100%, but that looks like a Sailor Young Profit aka. Somiko, either early model of it, or a variant.
lisantica (December 25th, 2013)
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
I did a search on those models you mention Tony Rex and they do very similar. Thank you for your reply.
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
Humm, looks like that nib is gonna need some work...
KrazyIvan (December 25th, 2013)
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
Probably a newbie mistake on my part.Originally Posted by ehemem
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
Looks like a Sailor Somiko that I bought, liked, and gave to my daughter trying to persuade her to use fountain pens for her journalling. A nice pen. I later bought a Sailor 1911M. When Young Mr. Nagahara (son of the Mr. Nagahara who has designed Sailor's magnificent nibs) visited Art Brown's, I used the Somiko as the example of how I wanted the 1911M to write. The 1911M had been too dry. Mr Nagahara worked, ground, tested, compared, handed me the pen to test, then worked more until he got the 1911M just perfect, for me.
A great pen company.
Last edited by welch; December 27th, 2013 at 10:56 AM. Reason: tyos
lisantica (December 27th, 2013)
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
Actually, it's a Platinum Standard but for some reason branded Sailor. Thanks to jde for her post http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread....ll=1#post55612 don't thank me, thank her.
Great opportunity to learn nib chiropractic. I wouldn't worry too much by the looks of it.Probably a newbie mistake on my part.
lisantica (December 27th, 2013)
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
I appreciate the extra information and link of jde's information.Actually, it's a Platinum Standard but for some reason branded Sailor. Thanks to jde for her post http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread....ll=1#post55612 don't thank me, thank her.
Great opportunity to learn nib chiropractic. I wouldn't worry too much by the looks of it.Probably a newbie mistake on my part.
Re: Help with identifying a Sailor Fountain Pen
Looked at my Sailor Somiko: he clip is different, more like a large version of the Esterbrook J clip.
Curious that it's marked "Sailor" on the cap.
Maybe bothe Sailor and Platinum sourced their pens from the same factory, adding their own nib and filler? One pen was mis-labelled?
Oherwise, the cap-marking makies no sense!
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